EINSTEIN

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• EINSTEIN (noun)
  The noun EINSTEIN has 2 senses:

1. physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)

2. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

  Familiarity information: EINSTEIN used as a noun is rare.

• EINSTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Albert Einstein; Einstein

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Derivation:

Einsteinian (of or relating to Albert Einstein or his theories)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

brain; brainiac; Einstein; genius; mastermind

Context example:

he's smart but he's no Einstein

Hypernyms ("Einstein" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Einstein"):

prodigy (an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration)

 Context examples 

The way we represent the universe and its history are described by Einstein's equations of general relativity, Newton's universal gravitation and quantum mechanics.

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Relativistic speeds are those approaching the speed of light, as described by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)

Some are distorted like a funhouse mirror through a warping-of-space phenomenon first predicted by Einstein a century ago.

(NASA’s Hubble Looks to the Final Frontier, NASA)

A physical constant which appears in the mathematical formula of Newton's definition of gravitational universal force and in Einstein's theory of general relativity.

(Gravitational Constant, NCI Thesaurus)

However, the unexpected presence of a disk so close to a black hole offers a unique opportunity to test Albert Einstein's theories of relativity.

(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)

First predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago, the warping of space by the gravity of a massive foreground object can brighten and distort the images of far more distant background objects.

(NASA's Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy, NASA)

It is affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and became an NCI-designated Cancer Center in 1992.

(Albert Einstein Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

This confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity and opens an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos.

(Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein's Prediction, NASA)

Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, have discovered the secret to the gene's success: The enzyme it codes for generates a compound that stops viruses from replicating.

(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They also support the idea that dark energy is best explained by the “cosmological constant,” which Einstein first proposed and is equivalent to the energy of empty space.

("Russian Doll" Galaxy Clusters Reveal Information About Dark Energy, NASA)